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Sheet of studies: The young Hercules; Sleeping Venus Carracci, Agostino (draughtsman)
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Title/s	Sheet of studies: The young Hercules; Sleeping Venus (recto title) Sheet of studies; caricatures, male nudes, gourds and fruit (verso title)
Maker/s	Carracci, Agostino (draughtsman) [ULAN info: Italian artist, 1557-1602]
Category	drawing
Name	drawing
School/Style	Italian
Technique Description	recto: black and red chalks, a line of black ink acts as a border on all sides verso: pen and brown ink on paper
Dimensions	height: 578 mm width: 307 mm
Provenance	given: The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum 1959 (Filtered for: Paintings, Drawings and Prints) F. Astar (Lugt 116a); Benedict Nicolson; with H. Calmann
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Documentation	Bohn, Babette 'The chalk drawings of Lodovico Carracci', : Master Drawings Association, Inc. [page: 422] Source title: Master Drawings (1984) [comments: Note 27, as Annibale Carracci.]
Material/s	black chalk (medium) red chalk (medium) black ink (medium) brown ink (medium, verso) paper (support)
Accession Number	PD.10-1959 (Paintings, Drawings and Prints) (Reference Number: 7227; Input Date: 2000-06-12 / Last Edit: 2011-07-22)

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Sheet of studies: The young Hercules; Sleeping Venus

Carracci, Agostino (draughtsman)